The Green River Cove Rd is situated in North Carolina
and belongs to the
Appalachian Mountains
.
Starting from Saluda, NC,
the Green River Cove Rd ascent is 3.32 km long. Over this distance, you climb 315 heightmeters.
The average percentage thus is 9.4 %.
The maximum slope is 22 %.

Story by Mark Schmerling from Saluda, United States, submitted on 20/07/2013

Driving up the seventeen switchbacks on Green River Cove Road, made it intimidating to think about cycling up, especially with few places to unclip of I ran out of steam. Regardless, I put it on my list to accomplish by September or October (2013).

When a new cycling buddy and I went out last Sunday, and headed down Green River Cove Road toward the switchbacks, our plan was to separate there, with each going as far as he could.

Knowing that the lower part of the climb is only moderate, I figured to ascend maybe three or four switchbacks before I gave up. We wre already soaked by the rain that Weather.com said would not be falling during that time frame, so I stopped being concerned about getting wet. Also, I had no expectations about climbing far up the hill.

However, my old Cannondale H300, with triple chain ring proved a boon companion, and I made it to the top without stopping, in a mood of mild disbelief. I''d made up my mind to NOT get stuck on the inside (steeper part) of any switchbacks, and by staying middle and out, I had no problem. My friend made it halfway up-- much farther than he expected as well.

The ride is beautiful, when one has a second to look around.

My personal climb rating:

Story by Charles from , United States, submitted on 26/09/2011

Nice interval climb. Very twisty with over 15 switchbacks. Straightaways are not that steep (6-8%), but switchbacks will nail you at 20+%. Hard effort will get you to the top in under 15 minutes. Be careful if descending as pave is not that great, lots of debris, and kayak traffic.